Big 5, Magnetek, Speedus, Threshold

Advancers

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.
BGFV, +0.82%
shares ended Friday with an 8.7% gain after the company reported first-quarter earnings fell 7.3%. Per-share profit was 26 cents compared with 28 cents in the year-earlier period. The El Segundo, Calif., retailer posted revenue of $207.2 million vs. $190.1 million. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had forecast earnings of 18 cents on revenue of $203 million. The company increased its annual dividend 29% to 36 cents a share from 28 cents. In addition, Big 5 authorized the buyback of as much as $15 million of shares.

Shares of Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc.
JTX
rose 8.5% after the company said it prepared 3.66 million tax returns in fiscal 2006, up 10% from the year-earlier period. as average revenues per return rose 14%. As a result, the Parsippany, N.J., company raised its fiscal 2006 per-share earnings forecast to a range of $1.57 to $1.59 from $1.51 to $1.56. It also raised its fiscal 2006 revenue forecast to a range of $273 million to $275 million from $260 million to $265 million. Excluding certain items, the company expects per-share profit of $1.65 to $1.67. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call are forecasting earnings of $1.57 a share on revenue of $262 million.

Mace Security International Inc.
MACE, -2.56%
stock ended Friday's session higher by 17.8%. The company rejected an unsolicited $36 million offer by a group led by CW No. 1 LLC for its remaining 36 car washes, calling the bid insufficient. Mace, Mount Laurel, N.J., said it plans to talk with CW1 with the goal of obtaining a higher purchase price.

Speedus Corp.
SPDE, +0.00%
shares rocketed higher by 36.8% after the company said the CellularVision Technology & Telecommunications LP unit has filed patent-infringement suits against Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications
VZ, +0.70%
and Vodafone Group Plc
VOD, +0.68%
The suits address technologies now used by Verizon Wireless to transmit television to wireless users over cellular networks, and the simultaneous transmission of analog and digital signals within the same bandwidth, Speedus said. The complaints were filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Decliners

Agco Corp.
AG, -7.18%
shares ended Friday down 6.8% after the company was cut to neutral from overweight at J.P. Morgan, which said it expects the stock of the heavy-machinery producer to perform in line with other machinery names. The broker told clients it believes that the U.S. farm-equipment market may be near a cyclical peak and that the European and South American farm-equipment markets won't recover much in the near term.

Shares of DRS Technologies Inc.
DRS
fell 6.6% after the company reported fourth-quarter net income of 79 cents a share, up from 58 cents in the year-earlier period. Revenue at the Parsippany, N.J., military contractor rose 79% to $645.7 million from $361.2 million. A survey of analysts by Thomson First Call forecast earnings of 75 cents on revenue of $595.2 million. The company forecast first-quarter net income of 49 cents to 51 cents a share, compared with the First Call target of 64 cents a share. For 2007, the company said it expects to earn $3.05 to $3.10 a share, including a 10 cent-to-12-cent impact from the adoption of stock-based compensation accounting. The First Call estimate is $3.13 a share.

Expedia Inc.
EXPE, +0.86%
shares plunged 26.2% after the company reported first-quarter earnings fell to 6 cents a share from 14 cents in the year-earlier period. Adjusted net income was 15 cents a share vs. 27 cents. Revenue at the Bellevue, Wash., online travel-services company rose 1.8% to $493.9 million from $485 million. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call had forecast first-quarter revenue of $544 million.

Magnetek Inc.
MAG, -8.73%
shares slumped 27.6% after the company reported its third-quarter loss from continuing operations widened to 15 cents a share from 7 cents in the year-earlier period. The Chatsworth, Calif., company's revenue rose to $57.2 million from $57 million. The consensus estimate of three analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call was a loss of 3 cents a share. Magnetek also said it hired Stephens Inc. to help evaluate fundraising alternatives, including asset sales and securities offerings.

Shares of Morgans Hotel Group Co.
MHGC
gave back 9.2% after the company said it would buy the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, along with an adjacent 23-acre chunk of land and other assets, from owner Peter Morton for a total of $770 million in cash. The hotel, built off the Las Vegas Strip in 1995, has 647 guest rooms and 30,000 square feet of casino space. Morgans, the owner of hotel brands including Hudson and Delano, said it expects the deal to close by first-quarter 2007.

Nvidia Corp.
NVDA, -1.78%
stock closed 7.5% to the downside. After Thursday's closing bell, the company reported first-quarter net income rose to 23 cents a share from 18 cents in the year-earlier period. Sales rose 17% to $681.8 million. Based in Santa Clara, Calif., Nvidia makes graphics chips used in desktop and laptop computers and video games.

Oceaneering International Inc.
OII, +3.16%
shares moved lower by 5% after the Houston provider of services to companies in marine- and space-related industries said Chief Executive John Huff retired and President T. Jay Collins added the CEO's title. The company also declared a 2-for-1 stock split, payable June 16 to holders of record May 25. After the split, Oceaneering estimates earnings of 48 cents to 53 cents a share for the second quarter and $1.80 to $1.95 for all of 2006. A survey of analysts by Thomson First Call produced consensus pre-split estimates of 97 cents for the quarter and $3.79 for 2006.

Taser International Inc.
TASR, -5.58%
shares fell 6.9% after the company delayed filing its latest quarterly report, citing errors in its calculation of indirect manufacturing expense applied to inventory. The stun-gun maker also said there was a formulaic spreadsheet error in its fourth-quarter calculations. Taser said adjustments were required to correct the cumulative impact in both first-quarter 2006 and in relevant prior periods, which will be disclosed in its first-quarter results.

Threshold Pharmaceutical Inc.
THLD, +21.40%
shares plunged 75.4% after the company said the Food and Drug Administration placed its TH-070 clinical-development program for benign prostatic hyperplasia -- enlarged prostate -- on partial hold. The FDA's action follows abnormalities observed in liver-enzyme levels in six subjects in clinical trials, including three "serious adverse events" at three months of dosing.

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